Latest to join list is former Union minister and six-time MP Anantkumar Hegde. Yet some like Shobha Karandlaje & Madhavi Latha have managed to get poll tickets.
The politicisation of Hinduism under the guise of protecting the religion is paradoxical, given that it is an umbrella religion encompassing devout worshippers and self-professed atheists alike.
Article 370, love jihad, and stereotypes about Muslim population growth are common themes, along with mentions of Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan Khan, as well as the other Khans.
Outfit engages 1,000 workers for ‘reconversion’ mission, asks Bajrang Dal & Durga Vahini to ‘educate’ and make Hindu families ‘aware’ of the perils of religious conversion.
The political fallout of comments made by DMK’s A Raja and Udhayanidhi Stalin on Hindutva, BJP, Sanatana Dharma and Hindi imposition highlights the ongoing cultural debate in India.
The new political Hindu order being established by BJP-RSS is a continuum of some sort of reform in Hindu society. Caste and hierarchy remain, but no overt exclusion is practised.
VHP believes 'this righteous action shall be an important step towards creating amicable relations between the two prominent communities of Bharat,' says working president Alok Kumar.
In meeting of party's central office-bearers in Delhi, entire plan of making temple inauguration a big success and pan-India outreach for the next two months was discussed, say party leaders.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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